[Retracted] A Brief Review on Heavy Metal Bioaccumulation Studies from Red Sea

Table 2

Bioaccumulation of copper reported from the Red Sea.

Species	Concentration	Unit	Author(s)	Year
Plankton	195.92	μg/g dw	Saad and Fahmy [6]	1996
Bivalves	5.95	μg/g dw	El-Sikaily et al. [7]	2004
Abudefduf saxatilis		μg/g dw	Hilal and Ismail [8]	2008
Grouper	7.93	μg/g dw	Alturiqi and Albedair [9]	2012
Blackspot emperors	2.3	μg/g dw	Alturiqi and Albedair [9]	2012
Sardine	9.74	μg/g dw	Alturiqi and Albedair [9]	2012
Red sea bream	0.278	μg g^−1	Obaidat et al. [13]	2015
Penaeus	5.33	μg/g	El Gendy et al. [11]	2015
Emperor	0.299	μg g^−1	Obaidat et al. [13]	2015
Red mullet	0.386	μg g^−1	Obaidat et al. [11]	2015
Plectorhynchus	15.72	μg/g	Al-Ghanim et al. [12]	2015
Cetoscarus	27.89	μg/g	Al-Ghanim et al. [12]	2015
Epinephelus	45.12	μg/g	Al-Ghanim et al. [12]	2015
Lethrinus	53.9	μg/g	Al-Ghanim et al. [12]	2015
10 fish spp.	0.328	mg/g dw	Younis et al. [10]	2015
Penaeus semisulcatus	11.67	μg/g	Younis et al. [25]	2015
Lethrinus miniatus	0.34	μg g^−1	Bahhari et al. [14]	2021
Nereis succinea	0.95	μg/g	Said et al. [20]	2017
Liptopenaeus vannamei	3.82	μg g^−1	Mortuza and Al-Misned [15]	2017
Gastropods	13.4	μg/g	Erving [16]	2017
Mugil cephalus	0.442	μg g^−1	Bahhari et al. [14]	2017